EP0209364B1 - Generator stator winding diagnostic system - Google Patents

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EP0209364B1
EP0209364B1 EP86305448A EP86305448A EP0209364B1 EP 0209364 B1 EP0209364 B1 EP 0209364B1 EP 86305448 A EP86305448 A EP 86305448A EP 86305448 A EP86305448 A EP 86305448A EP 0209364 B1 EP0209364 B1 EP 0209364B1
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Franklin Timothy Emery
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    • G01K—MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • G01R31/00—Arrangements for testing electric properties; Arrangements for locating electric faults; Arrangements for electrical testing characterised by what is being tested not provided for elsewhere
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    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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    • H02K9/00—Arrangements for cooling or ventilating
    • H02K9/24—Protection against failure of cooling arrangements, e.g. due to loss of cooling medium or due to interruption of the circulation of cooling medium
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  • the invention in general relates to an on-line diagnostic system for an electric generator, and particularly to a generator of the gas-cooled variety.
  • cooling system utilizes a flow of cooling gas, such as hydrogen, within the generator housing as well as within the rotor and stator structures to remove the produced heat.
  • the generator stator core made up of a plurality of thin laminations, has equally spaced longitudinally slots running the entire length of the core. Each slot is deep enough to accommodate two separately wound coil sections one on top of the other, each being known as a half coil, and cooling gas is passed through the coil sections themselves so as to define a gas inner-cooled arrangement.
  • two separate stacks of rectangular ventilation or vent tubes are positioned within each half coil to accommodate the cooling gas.
  • a plurality of temperature sensors are provided to obtain temperature readings of the gas exiting from the vent tubes of selected half coils.
  • a pair of temperature sensors is utilized for each phase group of windings.
  • the temperature sensor outputs are monitored such that any abnormal reading or readings will indicate a possible problem with respect to a coil or coils within a phase group monitored by the sensors. Rather than compare each raw temperature output, it is more convenient to normalize the temperature readings. That is, a correction factor is generated for each sensor output reading for all particular load conditions of the generator such that for normal operation, each sensor output signal will be converted to a normalized percentage of average rise (PAR) signal equal to 100%. If the PAR exceeds a certain threshold level, for example, 105%, then the operator is provided with an alarm signal indicating a threshold has been exceeded.
  • PAR percentage of average rise
  • the present invention resides in diagnostic apparatus for diagnosing the condition of the winding system of an electrical generator having a plurality of coil sections with internal first and second vent tube stacks through which a cooling gas is passed, using first and second vent hoses to diagnose at least one of abnormal conditions which include one or both vent hoses broken, broken winding system conductors, completely blocked coil ventilation, partially block ventilation, failure of temperature detector comprising sensors and temperature detector means for monitoring the temperature of cooling gas emerging from said first and second vent tube stacks of selected ones of said coil sections and providing a plurality of corresponding first and second temperature indicative signals, characterized by a diagnostic computer receiving as input said first and second temperature indicative signals, said computer having means for storing on the basis of experience given by repair records (i) hypothesis factor which is the statement indicting the state of said sensor; (ii) belief factor which is an estimated degree of truth in said hypothesis factor; (iii) sufficiency factor which represents on a scale of 0 to 1, how sufficient is the presence of a condition for an identified malfunction to exist;
  • Generator 10 of Figure 1 includes a rotor 12 which is surrounded by a stator 14 having a plurality of slots for receiving the stator windings, or coils.
  • a number of coil sections, more particularly half coils 16 are simplistically illustrated, with each being electrically connected to another half coil occupying a different slot of the stator.
  • Cooling gas such as hydrogen enters the vent tube system 20 associated with each coil section 16 at the left-hand end of the sections, as presented in Figure 1.
  • the cooling gas removes heat generated during operation and emerges from the vent tube system 20 at the right-hand ends of the sections 16 from where it is forced by an axial compressor blower arrangement 22 into heat exchangers 24.
  • the heated gas is again cooled and provided via ducts 26, one of which is shown, to the entrance of the vent tube system.
  • hydrogen gas flow is also provided to passageways within the rotor 12 and stator core 14.
  • the present arrangement includes two other sensors, a radio frequency monitor (RFM) 30 as well as a generator condition monitor (GCM) 32.
  • RFM radio frequency monitor
  • GCM generator condition monitor
  • Arcing which is generally a symptom associated with stator insulation or conductor failure can cause extensive damage within the generator.
  • the small gap that may occur between metal surfaces as a result of the failure is the source of electrical arcing and measurement of radio frequency emission from the arcs is detectable by the RFM 30, the output signal of which may be utilized as an input in a diagnostic process.
  • This sensor is a well-known commercially available item as is the GCM 32 which contains an ion chamber to detect thermally produced particulates in the hydrogen coolant of the generator, with the coolant being supplied to the GCM by gas conduit 35 and returned to the generator by means of gas conduit 36. High concentrations of submicron particles are produced whenever any organic material such as electrical insulation within the generator is heated enough to begin thermal decomposition. An output signal from the GCM indicative of this fact may also be utilized as an input in a diagnostic system.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates two coil sections, a bottom half coil 40 and a top half coil 41 positioned within a slot 42 of the stator core 14.
  • Each of the coils includes a plurality of insulated electrical conductors 44, also known as strands.
  • the strands of each half coil are additionally surrounded by respective insulating layers 48 and 49 separated by spacing member 50, with the windings being held in position within the slot by means of a wedge 54 and ripple spring 55.
  • Strands 44 are disposed on either side of vent tube stacks which conduct hydrogen gas for cooling the coil sections.
  • the bottom half coil 40 includes two vent tube stacks 60 and 61 each made up of a plurality of rectangular vent tubes 62.
  • the top half coil 41 includes vent tube stacks 64 and 65 also being made up of a plurality of rectangular vent tubes 62.
  • Figure 3 illustrates two coil sections in the form of half coils 70 and 71 located at the hydrogen discharge end of the stator.
  • the strands of half coil 70 are brought out in respective conductor groups 74 and are electrically connected to conductor groups 75 of half coil 71 by means of soldered sleeve connectors 76.
  • the hydrogen discharge from only one half coil of each phase group is monitored. As illustrated in Figure 3, this is accomplished by plugging up the end of one rectangular vent tube 80r of a right vent tube stack 82r and diverting the flow, via aperture 83r, into a first chamber 84r and then to a second chamber 85r by means of a gas conduit or hose 86r.
  • a temperature sensing device 90r Disposed within chamber 85r is a temperature sensing device 90r which may, for example, be a resistance-temperature-detector (RTD), a well-known type of detector which changes its resistance as a function of the temperature of the cooling gas passing over it.
  • RTD resistance-temperature-detector
  • the gas exits from the second chamber 85r and enters the internal ambient atmosphere of the generator to be cooled and recirculated.
  • FIG 4 is a simplified diagram of the stator windings for a three-phase machine as seen at the ends of the coil sections (illustrated as small squares).
  • the three-phase machine there are six phase groups ⁇ A, ⁇ A'; ⁇ B, ⁇ B'; and 0C, (pC'.
  • RTD's 1 and 2 monitor a single half coil of phase group ⁇ A
  • RTD's 3 and 4 monitor a single half coil of phase group ⁇ B
  • RTD's 5 and 6 monitor phase group 0C
  • RTD's 7 and 8 monitor phase A' group 4
  • A' group 4 A'
  • RTD's 9 and 10 monitor phase group 0B' group
  • RTD's 11 and 12 monitor phase group ⁇ C'.
  • the electrical equivalent of a typical generator winding with the six phase groups is illustrated in Figure 5 wherein each of the six phase groups has twelve individual windings, each being constituted by a half coil section.
  • FIGs 6A and 68 illustrate two methods by which the RTD data is provided to a diagnostic computer so that incipient malfunctions may be detected.
  • RTD's 1 to 12 are internal to the generator, as in Figure 3, and leads from these detectors are brought out and connected to a terminal board 100.
  • the respective terminals are connected to a scanning and conversion circuit 102 which periodically scans each resistance and converts it to a corresponding temperature indication T, to T 12 .
  • These temperature indications are outputted to a local data center 104 which periodically gathers not only the temperature indications but also other sensor inputs from the plant including the RFM & GCM outputs.
  • the RTD may be considered as the detection portion of a temperature sensor which would include a portion of the electronics in the scanning and conversion circuitry 102.
  • the data center 104 is operable periodically to transmit its gathered information to a remote location at which is located a diagnostic computer 106 which performs the necessary diagnostic operations to provide information relative to possible impending abnormal conditions to display apparatus 108, which may be a single display or various combinations including readouts such as printed information, color graphics, interactive color graphics, etc.
  • Figure 6B is similar to Figure 6A except that the diagnostic computer 106 is at the same plant location as the generator which is being monitored.
  • the diagnostic computer 106 in a preferred embodiment controls the diagnostic process by implementation of an expert system computer program that uses knowledge representations and inference procedures to reach conclusions normally determined by a human expert.
  • a common form of knowledge representation is in the form of IF ....THEN rules and one such system which may be utilized in the practice of the present invention is PDS (Process Diagnosis System) described in the proceedings of the Eighth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, August 8-12,1983, pages 158-163.
  • PDS Process Diagnosis System
  • evidence 120 is linked to the consequent hypothesis 122 by means of rule 124, with the evidence and hypothesis constituting nodes of the system.
  • Numeral 126 represents a supporting rule of node 120, that is, a rule for which node 120 would be a hypothesis.
  • Rule 124 is a supported rule of node 120, that is, a rule for which node 120 is evidence.
  • rule 124 is a supporting rule for node 122.
  • nodes can take the form of evidence, hypothesis, malfunctions, sensors and storage-nodes which are nodes capable of storing values input from other nodes and performing some predetermined mathematical operation on the values.
  • hypothesis (or evidence) nodes are octagonal, abnormal conditions are presented in a malfunction node and are illustrated as rectangles, sensor nodes are circular and storage nodes are trapezoidal.
  • MB a measure of reliability
  • MD a measure of error
  • An expert in the field to which the diagnosis pertains establishes the various rules and relationships, which are stored in the computer's memory and utilized in the diagnostic process.
  • the expert's confidence in the sufficiency of the rule is also utilized. This confidence, which represents the expert's opinion as to how the presence of evidence proves the hypothesis, is given a numerical representation designated as a sufficiency factor, SF, which ranges from -1 to +1, where positive values of SF denote that the presence of the evidence suggests that the hypothesis is true and negative values denote that the presence of the evidence suggests that the hypothesis is not true.
  • PDS additionally utilizes the expert's confidence in the necessity of the rule, which illustrates to what degree the presence of the evidence is necessary for the hypothesis to be true.
  • This necessity is given a numeral representation designated as a necessity factor NF which ranges from -1 to +1, where positive values of NF denote that the absence of evidence suggests that the hypothesis is not true and negative values denote that the absence of the evidence suggests that the hypothesis is true.
  • Figure 8 illustrates another common arrangement wherein a plurality of rules 128 to 130 connect evidence nodes 132 to 135 to a malfunction node 138.
  • Element 140 represents the combining of evidence in a) a disjunctive manner, that is, if evidence 134 OR 135 is present, or b) in a conjuctive manner, that is, if evidience 134 AND 135 are present
  • the evidence CF is positive and the SF is positive, then the MB of the hypothesis is increased; if the SF is negative, then the MD of the hypothesis is increased.
  • logical node For a disjunctive logical node (OR function) the highest confidence factor of all of the pieces of evidence may be utilized or the CF may be obtained by subtracting the minimum MD from the maximum MB. If the logical node is conjunctive (AND function) the minimum of all of the confidence factors may be utilized or the CF may be obtained by subtracting the maximum MD from the minimum MB.
  • weighted averages may be utilized for the OR and AND functions.
  • the AND and OR functions are not digital (ONE or ZERO) in nature and the logic utilized is known as fuzzy logic. Accordingly, as utilized herein, fuzzy logic AND and OR functions are designated FAND and FOR respectively whereas weighted AND and OR functions are designated WAND and WOR respectively.
  • a rule's sufficiency (SF) or necessity (NF) may in many instances be expressed as a constant. In other instances, the sufficiency and/or necessity may be expressed as some other function which will generate a sufficiency or necessity factor of a fixed number by evaluating the function for a particular variable.
  • a common function which may be utilized is a piece-wise linear function, two examples of which are illustrated in Figures 9A and 9B.
  • the Y-axis in these figures represents the SF (or NF) ranging from -1 to +1 on the vertical scale.
  • the X-axis horizontal scale represents the value of some variable such as a sensor reading or the result of some mathematical operation, by way of example.
  • Figure 9B represents a piece-wise linear function wherein any variable value greater than b will generate an SF of +1, any variable value less than -b will generate an SF of -1 and values between -b and +b will generate a corresponding SF between -1 and +1.
  • Another type of useful rule is a reading-transform rule which, when carried out, applies a transform function to the value found in the rule's evidence node.
  • the value is a sensor reading, with appropriate conversion, scaling, etc. performed by the transform if needed.
  • Figure 10 is a nodal diagram or flow chart illustrating the diagnostic process of the present invention for arriving at various generator abnormal conditions based upon RTD readings and implemented in accordance with the expert system previously described.
  • the process is illustrated as being applied to two RTD sensors, a right one (r) and a left one (I) of any phase group and it is understood that the diagnostic process of Figure 10 is repeated for all sensor pairs of the phase groups.
  • the arrangement may represent one subsystem of a more comprehensive generator diagnostic system which examines generator components other than the windings. Although only one sensor pair per phase group is illustrated, a sensor pair could be provided for other selected, or all, coil sections.
  • the PAR value is a normalized value and is commonly obtained by adding a correction factor (to compensate for slight differences between detectors) to a raw temperature reading, dividing by the average temperature of all detectors and multiplying by 100. Thus if a compensated temperature reading is equal to the average, for a particular load level, the PAR value will be 100% instead of a temperature value.
  • the PAR value is utilized by way of example and other representative temperature values can be used, if desired.
  • Sensor nodes 150 and 152 are at the first level of diagnosis for the particular subsystem of Figure 10 and receive respective normalized PAR values associated with the right and left sensors as in Figure 3 and calculated, for example, by the diagnostic computer 106 or other means ( Figure 6A or 6B).
  • Sensor node 150 supports rule 104 which utilizes a predetermined function to map the PAR-r value into a confidence factor that the value is higher than a normal range, as depicted at node 156.
  • the PAR-r value is also tested by rule 158 to map the value into a confidence factor that the value is in fact lower than a normal range, as depicted at node 160.
  • a similar process is performed on the PAR-1 reading of node 152 to determine by rules 162 and 164 whether the value is high or low as depicted at respective nodes 166 and 168.
  • the modification of the confidence is accomplished by a parametric alteration rule which is operable to change the sufficiency function and/or necessity function of another rule. If the particular RTD which is utilized to obtain the PAR-r value is defective, as indicated by malfunction node 180, then paralt rule 182 will change the sufficiency of rules 170 and 174 to modify the propagation of reliability of a high and low PAR value. In the absence of a defective RTD, the sufficiency of these rules, 170 and 174 remains unaltered so as to establish a validated high and low reading as depicted at nodes 172 and 176.
  • One way of testing for a defective RTD to arrive at an abnormality as depicted at malfunction node 180 therefore is by testing the RTD temperature Tr, placed into a sensor node 184, to see whether it exceeds valid operational limits.
  • a piece-wise linear rule 186 is utilized in arriving at a defective RTD determination from the temperature reading.
  • reliability of a high or low PAR-1 value is propagated by rules 190 and 192 to respective validated high and low nodes 194 and 196.
  • this propagation may be modified by changing the sufficiency of rules 190 and 192 by means of a paralt rule 198 operational to make the change when a defective RTD, utilized in calculating the PAR-1 value, is determined by defective RTD node 200.
  • This defective condition in turn is determined utilizing the value of the RTD temperature T of sensor node 202 in conjunction with a piece-wise linear rule 204.
  • a PAR value is neither high nor low, then it must be normal.
  • the existence of a normal reading is utilized in the diagnostic process illustrated in Figure 10 and the determination of a normal reading may be accomplished utilizing validated high and low readings.
  • a FAND logic function 210 is illustrated having two inputs negated by not elements 212 and 213.
  • a normal reading may be arrived at, as indicated by node 216, by means of rule 218.
  • the reliability of PAR-r being normal is determined from the evidence that the reading is not high as well as not low.
  • rule, 220, in conjunction with FAND 222 and not functions 224 and 225 utilizes the evidence that PAR-1 is not high as well as not low to arrive at the determination of normalcy as indicated by node 226.
  • the diagnostic apparatus then utilizes a plurality of rules, 230 to 234, including a series of logic functions 236 (each appropriately marked as to its function) to determine the confidence factors of various combinations of the readings.
  • rule 230 adds together the reliability values of each of the two PAR's being high, this conclusion being illustrated as the high/ high node 250.
  • Rule 231 adds together the reliability values of both of the PAR's being low as depicted at the low/low node 251.
  • rule 232 will map this reliability into a high/low conclusion of node 252.
  • rule 233 is utilized for the determination of a high/ normal condition, depicted at node 253 while rule 234 is utilized for a low/normal condition as depicted at node 254. It is to be noted that these latter three conditions 252, 253 and 254 do not have to specify which of the readings, left or right, is high or low or normal but only that the particular combination exists.
  • the different combinations presented at nodes 250 to 254 are utilized to arrive at some conclusion relative to the overall condition of the generator phase group being monitored.
  • a variety of abnormal conditions may occur during the operation of the generator and the diagnostic apparatus of the present invention will determine whether or not a particular condition is occurring and present its conclusions, with a certain degree of confidence, to the operator so that corrective action may be taken if necessary.
  • Figure 10 illustrates by way of example and not by way of limitation, several abnormal conditions which may be diagnosed by the apparatus utilizing the combinatorial readings depicted at nodes 250 to 254.
  • Rule 260 therefore is provided leading to the conclusion of an open conductor abnormality as depicted at malfunction node 262.
  • the rule utilizes a weighted OR function 264 to take into account various types or patterns of conductor breakage. For example, and with additional reference to Figure 3, if an entire conductor group should open or become separated from a soldered sleeve connector, the remaining conductor groups will pick up and carry the open conductor group's current. Since the remaining conductor groups are carrying more current than under normal conditions, more heat is generated because of the 1 2 R losses, resulting in higher than normal PAR values for both the right and left sensors. This type of breakage is a distinct possibility and accordingly the high/high indication of node 250 is given the high weighting factor of 1 in the weighted OR function 264.
  • Another possibility which may occur is one which results in all of the conductor groups surrounding a particular vent tube stack being open circuited such that all of the current would be carried by the remaining conductor groups surrounding the other vent tube stack.
  • the cooling gas passing through this latter vent tube stack will result in a high PAR reading while the other PAR reading will be low since the conductors surrounding the vent tube stack are not carrying current and accordingly, the cooling gas does not heat up.
  • the chance of this latter condition is not as prevalent as the other types of conductor open circuiting and accordingly is given a relatively lower weight of, for example, .5 in the weighted OR function 264.
  • Rule 266 relates the open conductor abnormality to a high RFM reading depicted at node 267, while node 268 relates the open conductor abnormality to a low GCM reading depicted at node 269. Confidence in a high RFM reading and a low GCM reading (both of which indicate abnormal conditions), of nodes 267 and 269 may be established in a separate subsystem which validates the RFM and GCM readings. Hypotheses generated in another subsystem are shown in Figure 10 in dotted form.
  • the input relating to the first approach to a high load condition after generator shutdown and restart is provided at node 278, the fact being negated by not function 280. That is, if it is the first approach to a high load condition after shutdown and restart, the presence of a low/low could indicate a different abnormal condition than if the generator had been running for some time at high load in which a low/low condition would indicate the probability that both hoses experienced a rupture.
  • Another abnormal condition is depicted at node 294 which describes the situation where only one of the two hoses are broken.
  • a normal PAR value will be provided by one RTD while the other RTD will be reading the lower temperature of the ambient atmosphere to derive a low PAR value, as indicated at node 254 linked to the malfunction node by means of rule 296.
  • rule 274 parametric alteration rules 282 and 283 will change the sufficiency and necessity of rule 296 should the load level not be at its high value.
  • rule 298 linking the high/low combination of node 252 to the one broken hose condition at 294. It is believed that the combination of one broken hose with a broken conductor is not very likely and accordingly, the sufficiency and necessity of rule 298 will have low values which will be reduced even further by operation of parametric alteration rules 282 and 283.
  • the coil In a fully blocked condition, the coil would heat up thereby causing particulate matter which is detectable by the GCM. Accordingly, the fully blocked vent abnormal condition is additionally supported by rule 306 which increases confidence in a fully blocked vent due to a low GCM reading of node 269.
  • the abnormal condition of node 310 takes into account the situation where the vent tubes may not be totally blocked but only partially blocked. This condition can occur not only during assembly or refurbishing, but also during actual on-line operation of the generator where parts and/or material may work loose and partially block the vent tubes.
  • Rule 312 utilizing a FOR function 314 takes into account various combinations of PAR values which may be caused by different patterns of partial blockage. For example, both right and left vent tube stacks may be partially blocked whereby the flow of cooling gas is restricted. This restricted gas flow causes the cooling gas to heat up resulting in a high PAR value for both the left and right sides. Accordingly, the high/high indication of node 250 is one combination which is taken into account.
  • the RTD for that side will register low since it will be reading the cool ambient while the other RTD will be reading a high temperature resulting in a high/low indication of node 252.
  • the third, consideration of rule 312 is the high/ normal situation of node 253 whereby some of the tubes of one vent tube stack are partially blocked resulting in a high PAR value while the other vent tube stack has an insignificant blockage which may cause a slightly higher PAR reading for that side but still within a normal range.
  • the last abnormal condition depicted in the examples of Figure 10 is that of node 320 which defines a sensor malfuncton.
  • a sensor is defined as the apparatus which is utilized to obtain a temperature reading.
  • the sensor would include not only the RTD but also the associated scanning and conversion circuitry for calculating the respective temperatures from the RTD resistances. If a high confidence in a low/normal indication (node 254) should occur while the generator is operating at high load, it is probable that the combination is due to a single broken hose. If, however, the generator is not operating at high loads, then there would be no logical reason for the low/ normal combination to exist and one or both of the sensors are probably faulty.
  • rule 322 which has its sufficiency and necessity increased by parametric alteration rules 324 and. 325 if the result of the operation of storage node 290 results in a load level less than 60%. If the load level in fact is high, that is, greater than 60%, the sufficiency and necessity of rule 322 will remain low.
  • a high confidence in the low/low combination of node 251 can, at high loads, be indicative of two broken hoses or a fully blocked vent. At low loads, however, the ambient. temperature is not low and therefore, the low/low indication may be indicative of a sensor malfunction.
  • rule 328 the sufficiency and necessity will be increased, as rule 322, by parametric alteration rules 324 and 325 when the load is low.
  • the final rule in the example, rule 330 relates a high/low indication to a sensor malfunction.
  • a high/low indication could be indicative of an open conductor malfunction although this possibility was given a relatively little weight.
  • the high/low combination could be one broken hose in combination with an open conductor which, also has low probability. Accordingly, a third possibility for a high/low combination would be a malfunctioning sensor.
  • a sensor malfunction is indicated, it can be checked with relative ease by manually taking resistance readings of the RTD's at the terminal board 100. At this point, it is assumed that the RTD's are not inoperative since such condition would have shown up earlier at nodes 180 or 200.
  • the resistance values may then be converted to respective equivalent voltages corresponding to the temperatures measured by the RTD's' These temperature indicative voltages are input to the computer which then calculates the respective PAR values. If the high confidence in the combination triggering the sensor malfunction indication disappears as a result of the manual inputting of temperatures, then it is known that there is a sensor malfunction for which corrective action may be taken by the operator.

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